Firebrand (Karim Aïnouz) (Cannes Film Festival) Karim Aïnouz’s 2019 melodrama Invisible Life won the top prize in Cannes’ secondary series, Un Certain Regard sidebar, A Brazilian director skillful with intimate, richly sensual filmmaking, he seemed ready for upgrade to the Cannes Mai Competition. His English period drama — starring a wan Alicia Vikander as Catherine […]
Fly Me to the Moon: Star Johansson and Director Berlanti on How the Film’s Take on an “OG Conspiracy Theory” Shows “Why the Truth Matters”
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Scarlett Johansson and Channing Tatum star in the film about the Apollo 11 moon landing.
Club Zero (2023): Austrian Jessica Hausner’s New Film (Weak Competition Films, Cannes Film Fest 2023)
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Her critical admirers almost abandoned her when she made in 2019 her disappointing English-language horror-thriller Little Joe.
Office Space (1999): Comedy’s Openings Scene (Great Movie Beginnings)
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The glimpse into the traffic-filled commute is a suitable tone-setter for this seemingly mundane, but highly relatable office comedy.
In the Summers: Alessandra Lacorazza’s Debut Film, Tale of Father and Daughters (Sundance Fest 2024–Best Film)
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It chronicles the complicated relationship between a New Mexico man and his two kids over the course of four summer vacations.
